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The Russian language, known for its lexical richness and grammatical complexity, offers a captivating playground for linguists and language enthusiasts alike. One of the prominent features contributing to its lexical opulence is the process of derivation. Derivation is a morphological process that engenders new words by adding prefixes, suffixes, or infixes to existing words, thereby altering their grammatical category or meaning. This process is a linchpin in broadening the Russian vocabulary and enabling nuanced expressions. Let's delve into the multifaceted world of Russian derivation: 1. Derivation through Prefixation:    Prefixation is a common derivational process in Russian, often altering the verb's aspect or adding a new shade of meaning. For instance, the verb "писать" (to write) can morph into "переписать" (to rewrite) or "записать" (to record) with the addition of prefixes. 2. Derivation through Suffixation:    Suffixation, another corn...

Russian is quite an easy language to learn. Basically the moment you learn Cyrillic – you can read. As there's no any special reading rules. But for many people learning new alphabet seems to be a challenge. While you can easily google the alphabet itself and it's phonetics, I came up with an easy way to practice your reading skills. You see, in Russia a lot of brand names are transliterated into Cyrillic, letter by letter. Of course, chains try to avoid it when they can, but in the end, it is required by Russian legislation. So start practicing your Cyrillic by recognizing these brands Старбакс Макдональдс Пицца Хат Кока-кола Пепси Данкин Донатс Бургер Кинг Папа Джонс Баскин Роббинс Венди’с

In Russian and Armenian symbol @ is pronounced as собака (means dog ). It's official meaning (you can hear it in commercial and news) When you want to number things, you use # for it (#1, #2) in english. In russian you should use № (№1, №2, №3) Using digits - don't use comma to separate thousands etc. 100,250 would be translated as 100250 "Dot" you use to separate decimals is translated as comma 1.25 is 1,25 In URLs "dot" is translated as "точка". So domain .RU would be точка-ру

I remember my first impression: american guy was totally shocked by very first sms he recieved from russian friend. It was with latin letters but just some abrakadabra. So, what is pecular about sms language? Text message in english could contain 180 signs, but in russian it has a limit of 70 signs per sms. This was a primary reason why russian use latin letters in sms quite often. Words are transliterated as it is but probably this matches will make it easier for you. Note: do not try to read letters in combinations, as long as in russian all letters are pronounced. For example kh would be кх, not x (as it sounds in english) 1) ж is zh , z and asterix 2) ч is ch and 4 3) ь is b or ' 4) ш is sh , w 5) е is equal to ё 6) щ is sh, sch 7) ц is c, sc, ts 8) з is z, 3 (digit) 9) я is ja, ya 10) ю is ju, yu 11) ы is bl, y, i 12) й - j, y,i 13) г is g and r (resembles russian letter) 14) д is d and g Here are several examples of such phrases: Privet, ya to4no n...

Fact#1 There is no continues tense in Russian. Only Future, Past and Present. Continuous tense can be figured out by meaning and sometimes in the form of word. There are 2 words with one source, meaning almost the same: ехать and ездить. They produce many equal words but ехать basically means that they are moving now, and ездить – do it regularly. Fact#2 When you address to somebody in Russian you still use faces, but you need to remember that there are separate words for You in single and multiple. Multiple You (Вы) is also a polite form. Fact#3 There is no true IT in Russian. To name objects and animals Russians use word’s gender. Every word can be in feminine, masculine or neutral gender. They are quite recognizable by endings, but still, it means that sun is IT, earth is SHE, fox is SHE, and table is HE. Weird, isn’t it?

Recently I've shown how slang loanwords are composed in russian and here is a list of 12 common russian loanwords. For your convenience I've marked roots. За логин иться - to log in Пуш ить - to push, especially project or people За пост ить - to send a post Менедж ить - to manage (by the way, the word manager has 2 spellings in russian - манагер and менеджер(formal)) Гам ать - to play a computer game. Sound a in г а мать is a variant of reading "game. За бук ировать - to book somethig, mostly about hotel room Шопп иться -to go shopp ing За зип овать - to compress someting is winzip Раз лоч ить - to un lock especially about unlocking device for usage with another operator За лоч ить - to lock (computer) Монитор ить - to monitor smth За комит ить - to commit

You probably have heard that Russians are not friendly. Imagine you see your neighbor – you don’t know the name but you live close and you wanna be nice to him. Would you say “Hello” Or if you enter the elevator with some other person – would you greet him? For Russians the correct answer for both is “no”, and in elevator you would better pretend the other person just don’t exist. So why does it go like this. Don’t forget that Russia went through many wars and revolutions during last 100 years. There were times when good friendly manners could tell you belong to different social class – and provoke people into something… And there are situations in Russia – for example, in elevator, when saying “Hi” you will sound impertinent. Being very friendly in Europe and US and being ignorant for strangers in Russia we are passing the same message: “I’m no danger for you, see I’m nice” “I’m no danger for you, I don’t even see you” Here is a list of most frequent Russian greetings. First list is f...

When translate english to russian or russian to english one must bear in mind that the word might have more than one meaning in another language. № Word Translation Example 1 Light свет light of a bulb лёгкий light as a feather 2 Issue выпуск side issue издание additional issue проблема critical issue выдача issue of cheques эмиссия issue of banknotes and coins 3 Sheet лист sheet of paper простыня bed sheet 4 Spring пружина brake spring весна spring as season всходить to spring up родник spring as water поросль sptings of bush 5 Break поломка to break a machine разрыв to break a bond разбить to break something made of glass нарушение to b...

Prepositions. They are king. Learn one werb with all prepositions – and you’ll know enough words to talk. Let’s take the word ехать . Ехать Выехать Проехать Доехать Заехать Въехать Наехать Переехать Объехать Подъехать Съехать Уехать Поехать Отъехать besides, there are many slang meanings that are not listed in here. But if you are interested - just ask.

As you know of the importance of stress in Russian, it is important to remember that Russian never has numerous stresses in one word. You may not realize how usual it for English words – congrAtulAtions, mUlti-lIngual, negOtiAtions etc. Whith this logic Russians tend to read all English word with same one stress.

Russian grammar is quite close to German. Instead of 4 German cases Russian has six. There is a special funny phrase that helps Russian kids to learn the names of these cases. Иван родил девчонку, велел тащить пеленки. Ivan rodil devchonku, velel taschit’ pelenki. Actually in translation it means “John has born a baby-girl, asked to bring nappies”. Funny, but the first letters of every word in this sentence corresponds to first letters in cases in “correct” order. Abbreviation Case Question to define case И Именительный Кто? Что? Who ? What? Р Родительный Кого? Чего? Who ? What? Д Дательный Dativ Кем? Чем? By whom ? By what? В Винительный О ком? О чём ? About who? About What? Т Творительный Кому ? Чему ? For whom? For What? П Предложный Кому ? Что ? For who? Wha...

Sometimes the correct translation into Russian is absolutely impossible without knowing the contecst. Let's take a simple phrase: I loved her. There are two variants of translation: Я любил её. ( loved her - said by woman) Я любила её.( loved her - said by man) Here the ending of verbs in past tense is associated with gender of talking person.

Thanks professor for explaining us the principless of russian lexical stress. But what does it means in real life? Lexical stress in russian often creates omographs - 2 completely different meanings, 2 pronunciations but the same spelling. I'll provide some examples замОк [zam o k] lock зАмок [z a mok] castle парОм [par o m] ferryboat пАром [p a rom] by vapour атлАс [ atl a s ] satin Атлас [ a tlas] atlas жилА [zhil a ] lived жИла [zh i la] sinew мукА [muk a ] flour мУка [m u ka] sorrow сорОк [sor o k] magpie (plural, dativ) сОрок [ s o rok ] 40 заводИ [zavodi] wind up зАводи [zavodi] backwater

... in russian there are names Вера (Trust), Надежда(Hope), and Любовь(Love)

Did you know that in Russian the word: Лист means both sheet leaf &nbspРучка means knob handpiece handle armrest pen Лук means both onions bow Ячмень means both barley sty Ключ means key spring spanner Язык means both language tongue